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Kadie

(15,369 posts) Tue Feb 12, 2013, 11:48 PM Feb 2013

And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read “I Voted.” - pics

"And as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say. Hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line in support of her. Because Desiline is 102 years old. And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read “I Voted.”

Desiline Victor (R), a 102 year-old Haitian immigrant who gained U.S. citizenship and voted for U.S. President Barack Obama, awaits the president's State of the Union Speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read “I Voted.” - pics (Original Post) Kadie Feb 2013 OP

That really got me and I shed a few tears of joy sdfernando Feb 2013 #1

sdfernando

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1. That really got me and I shed a few tears of joy

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Wed Feb 13, 2013, 12:06 AM

Feb 2013

Imagine the changes this great lady has seen? She couldn't even vote until she was well past middle age.

Isn't it funny that so many that have had the ability to vote once they turned 18 simply don't exercise that right while those that had to work for it though civil action or becoming a citizen PROUDLY and patiently do?

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